Berkshires - Art

Edward Loyal Field American, 1856-1914 Autumn Landscape Oil on canvas 27 X 22 in. w/ frame 34 ½ X 29 ¼ in. Signed lower right, monogrammed verso Etcher, watercolorist, and painter ...

Rene Robert Bouche American, 1906-1963 Portrait of Virginia Cowles Oil on canvas 33 by 43 in, w/ frame 35 ½ by 45 ½ in Signed upper left Fascinated by th...

Henry Ward Ranger American, 1858-1915 Morning In the Village Oil on Academy Board 12 by 16 in, w/ frame 19 ¼ by 23 ¼ in Signed lower right A key person in the establishment of the ...

Harry A. Neyland American, 1877-1958 Fishing Boats at the Dock Oil on canvas 18 by 20 in, w/ frame 25 ⅝ by 27 ⅜ in Signed lower right Harry A. Neyland — painter, sculptor, illustra...

Lawrence Lebduska American, 1894-1966 Two Pandas by the Water Oil on board 16 by 20 in, w/ frame 24 ¼ by 28 ¼ in Signed lower left Lawrence Lebduska was born in Baltimore, Maryland...

Cesar Buenaventura y Espinosa Filipino, 1922-1983 Crowded Houses Oil on canvas 23 ¾ by 35 ¾ in, w/ frame 30 ¼ by 41 ¾ in Signed lower right and dated 1966 No one knows the exact sc...

Samuel Edmund Oppenheim American, 1901-1992 Portrait of a Woman with Flowers Oil on canvas 12 by 16 in, w/ frame 19 by 23 in Signed upper left Samuel Edmund Oppenheim (1901-1992) o...

John Edward Costigan, N.A. American, 1888-1972 Bathers Oil on canvas Signed ‘J.E. Costigan N.A.’ lower left 20 by 24 in. W/frame 26 by 30 in. John Costigan was born of Irish-American parents in Providence, Rhode Island, February 29, 1888. He was a cousin of the noted American showman, George M. Cohan, whose parents brought the young Costigan to New York City and was instrumental in starting him on a career in the visual arts. They were less successful in encouraging him to pursue formal studies at the Art Students League (where, however, he later taught) than in exposing him to the commercial art world through the job they had gotten him with the New York lithographing firm that made their theatrical posters. At the H. C. Miner Lithographing Company, Costigan worked his way up from his entry job as a pressroom helper, through various apprenticeships, to the position of sketch artist. In the latter capacity he was an uncredited designer of posters for the Ziegfeld Follies and for numerous silent films. Meanwhile, he had supplemented his very meager formal studies in the fine arts with a self-teaching discipline that led to his first professional recognition in 1920 with the receipt of prizes for an oil painting and watercolor in separate New York exhibitions. A year earlier, Costigan had wed professional model Ida Blessin, with whom he established residence and began raising a family in the sleepy little rural New York hamlet of Orangeburg, the setting for the many idyllic farm landscapes and wood interiors with which he was to become identified in a career that would span half a century. John Costigan’s first national recognition came in 1922 with his winning of the coveted Peterson Purchase prize of the Art Institute of Chicago for an oil on canvas, “Sheep at the Brook.” It marked the start of an unbroken winning streak that would gain him at least one important prize per year for the remainder of the decade. The nation’s art journalists and critics began to take notice, making him the recurring subject of newspaper features and magazine articles. The eminent author and critic Edgar Holger Cahill was just a fledgling reporter when he wrote his first feature, “John Costigan Carries the Flame,” for Shadowland Magazine in 1922. Costigan had his first one-man show of paintings at the Rehn Gallery on New York’s 5th Avenue in November, 1924, to be followed less than three years later by another at the Art Institute of Chicago. In addition, Costigan’s work has been—and continues to be included, side-by-side with that of some of America’s most high-profile artists, in museum and gallery exhibitions throughout the country. His renown had peaked in the early 1930s, by which time his work had been honored with nearly every major award then being bestowed in the fine arts and had been acquired for the permanent collections of several prestigious American museums, including New York’s Metropolitan (which only recently, in 1997, deaccessioned his “Wood Interior,” acquired in 1934). Although Costigan’s celebrity had ebbed by the late 1930s, the Smithsonian Institution saw fit in 1937 to host an exhibition exclusively of his etchings. And, in 1941, the Corcoran Gallery (also Washington, D.C.) similarly honored him for his watercolors. (Another Washington institution, the Library of Congress, today includes 22 Costigan etchings and lithographs in its permanent print collection.) During World War II, Costigan returned briefly to illustrating, mainly for Bluebook, a men’s pulp adventure magazine. A gradual revival of interest in his more serious work began at the end of the war, culminating in 1968 with the mounting of a 50-year Costigan retrospective at the Paine Art Center and Arboretum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Oils, watercolors and prints were borrowed from museums and private collections throughout the country, and the exhibition was subsequently toured nationally by the Smithsonian Institution. John Costigan died of pneumonia in Nyack, NY, August 5, 1972, just months after receiving his final prestigious award —the Benjamin West Clinedinst Medal of the Artist’s Fellowship, Inc., presented in general recognition of his “...achievement of exceptional artistic merit...” in the various media he had mastered in the course of his career. This painting depicts one of the artist's favorite themes --the farm family bathing...

Achille-Emile Othon Friesz French, 1879-1949 Vieux Bassin de Honfleur Oil on canvas 23 ½ by 28 ¾ in, w/ frame 31 ⅜ by 36 ½ in Signed lower right Achille-Emile Othon Friesz, who lat...

Alfred Arthur Brunel De Neuville French, 1852-1941 Three Kittens with Ball of Yarn Oil on canvas 15 by 18 in, w/ frame 27 by 30 in Signed lower left One of the most popular subject...

Dennis Ainsley American, 1880-1952 Village by the Sea Oil on canvas 24 ⅛ by 30 in, w/ frame 31 ⅜ by 37 ⅜ in Signed lower right Dennis Ainsley was born in Illinois, the child of Iri...

Edward Widmayer American, 1923–2010 Magic Garden Oil on canvas 34 by 15 in, w/ frame 35 by 16 in Signed & dated 53 lower left Provenance: Private Collection New York Le Trianon Fin...

Arthur Vidal Diehl British, 1870-1929 Venetian Harbor Oil on board 14 by 17 in, w/ frame 25 by 28 ¼ in Signed lower right Inventory Number: 01854 Best known for his sand dune and ...

Rupert Scott Lovejoy American, 1885-1975 Low Tide Oil on canvas 32 ¼ by 36 ¼ in, w/ frame 37 ⅝ by 41 ¾ in Signed lower right Rupert Scott Lovejoy was born in Portland, Maine on 3 J...

Merio Ameglio Italian, 1897-1970 Paris in the Snow Oil on canvas 18 ¼ by 21 ⅝ in, w/ frame 23 ¼ by 26 ¾ in Signed "Merio Ameglio" lower left Merio noted impressionist painter prima...

Alexandre Marie Guillemin French, 1817-1880 Scene de Chasse Oil on Panel 9 by 12in. w/frame 17 ½ by 20 ½in. Signed lower right He studied with Baron Gros. He exhibited at the Salo...

Richard Hayley Lever American, 1876-1958 Between the Red Rocks Oil on Canvas 20 ¼ by 24 ¼ in, w/ frame 28 ½ by 33 in Signed Hayley Lever lower right Richard Hayley Lever was born o...

Merio Ameglio Italian, 1897-1970 Place de la Concorde Oil on Canvas 18 by 22 in, w/ frame 25 ¾ by 29 ¾ in Signed lower right Merio noted impressionist painter primarily known for h...

Grace Collier American, 1886-1967 Bouquet of Yellow Flowers Oil on canvas 15 ⅞ by 12 in, w/ frame 19 ¼ by 23 in Signed "Grace Collier" lower left Grace Annie Collier was born in Co...

Charles Levier French, 1920-2004 Basket of Fruit Oil on Canvas 24 ¼ by 30 ¼ in, w/ frame 33 ½ by 39 ½ in Signed upper right Charles Levier was born in 1920 from a French father and...

Eric Forlee American, b. 1949 Cheetah Oil on canvas 24 by 36 in, w/ frame 34 by 46 in Signed and dated ‘Eric Forlee 90’ A painter of large wild African animals from portraits to pa...

Cesar Villacres Ecuador, 1880–1941 Rue de Seine, Paris Oil on canvas 16 X 20 in. w/ frame 21 ¾ X 25 ¾ in. Signed lower right Cesar Villacres was an Ecuadorian artist that worked in...

Henri-Joseph Harpignies French, 1819-1916 Barbizon Landscape Oil on canvas 16 by 24 in, w/ frame 20 ¾ by 28 ¾ in Signed lower right Henri Joseph Harpignies was a landscape artist b...

Frederick William MacMonnies American, 1863-1937 Les Jardin Du Giverny Oil on Canvas 21 by 25 in, w/ frame 27 ⅞ by 31 ⅞ in A sculptor of classical figures, American-born Frederick ...

Jean Salabet French, B. 1900 Le Grand Hotel, Paris ,1954 Jean Salabet was a School of Paris painter know for his colorful Parisian cityscapes. His work i...

Arnold Marc Gorter Dutch, 1866-1933 An Autumn Landscape Oil on canvas 26 ¼ by 33 ¾ in, w/ frame 35 ¾ by 43 ¼ in Signed "A.M. Gorter" lower right Inventory Number: 01927 Arnold Mar...

Arthur W. Woelfle American, 1873-1936 Sailing Boats Oil on canvas 18 by 22 in, w/ frame 23 ¾ by 27 ¾ in Signed lower right Inventory Number: 01680 Studied art at the Brooklyn Inst...

Nicholas Alden Brooks American, 1840-1904 Woman in a Red Hat Oil on canvas 9 ⅜ X 6 ⅜ in. w/ frame 13 ⅛ X 10 ¼ in. Signed "N. A. Brooks 1883" lower left

André Vignoles French, b. 1920 Still Life of Three Vases Full of Flowers Oil on canvas 32 ½ by 39 ½ in, w/ frame 39 ¾ by 47 ¼ in Signed lower left André Vignoles is a painter of st...

Harry A. Neyland American, 1877-1958 The Red Oak Oil on board 18 by 24 in, w/ frame 22 ¼ by 28 ¼ in Signed lower left Harry A. Neyland — painter, sculptor, illustrator, and copyist...

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Charles Jay Taylor American, 1855-1929 Ships in the Moonlight Oil on Canvas 32 ¼ by 42 in, w/ frame 36 ¾ by 46 ¾ in Signed lower left Charles Jay Taylor was born in New York in 185...

Jules Rene Herve French, 1887-1981 Mother and Children Having a Picnic Oil on canvas 28 ¾ by 36 ¼ in, w/ frame 38 ¼ by 45 ½ in Signed lower right J.R. Herve, an impressionist of ou...

Paul-Élie Gernez French, 1888-1948 Rue de Village et Maisons Oil on Canvas 23 ¾ by 28 ¾ in, w/ frame 34 ½ by 39 ½ in Signed lower right Paul-Élie Gernez (1888–1948) was a French pa...

Gen Paul French, 1895-1975 Harmonica Player Oil on board 13 by 21 ⅝ in, w/ frame 22 ¼ by 31 ½ in Signed upper left Eugene Paul, known as Gen Paul, was born in 1895 and raised in th...

Cesar Villacres   Ecuador, 1880–1941 Flower Seller, Paris Cesar Villacres was an Ecuadorean artsit that worked in South America & Paris. He exhibit...

Donald Raymond David American, 1906-2006 Abstract Oil on canvas 30 by 24 in, w/ frame 34 by 28 in Signed on back Inventory Number: 01915 Donald Raymond David was born in Springbro...

Aime Victor Barraud Swiss, 1902–1954 Still Life with Flowers in Ceramic Jug Oil on canvas 20 by 20 in. Wframe 26 ½ by 26 ½ in. Signed & date...

Michel Dureuil French, born 1929 Côte d’Azur Oil on Canvas 15 by 18 ¼ in, w/ frame 22 ¾ by 25 ¾ in Signed lower right Michel Dureuil was born in Paris...

Alice R. Comins American, 1861-1943 The Valley, York Maine Oil on canvas 20 by 26 in. W/frame 27 by 33 in. Signed lower right and dated 1913 & titled on r...

Johannes Schiefer Dutch-American, 1896-1979 Montmartre, Paris Oil on canvas 20 by 24 in, w/ frame 25 ½ by 29 ½ in Signed "Johannes Schiefer" lower left, titled lower right Johannes...

Suzanne Demarest French, 1900-1985 Afternoon on the Beach Oil on canvas 20 by 24 in, w/ frame 27 ½ by 31 ½ in Signed lower right Suzanne was born in 1900 and raised in the mountains, where her appreciation for nature all began. During her childhood, she also developed a great love for music, particularly the violin and she once remarked, "Painting is my violin." She studied in Nice and Cannes and much of her work depicts the delicate but wonderful light and sunshine of the South of France. She also studied at the Royal Academy in England. She was active in Paris sketching...

André Vignoles French, b. 1920 Les Blés Prés de Thoiry Oil on Canvas 32 by 39 ⅜ in, w/ frame 40 ¼ by 47 ¾ in Signed lower right André Vignoles is a painter of still lifes and portr...

Denes Holesch Hungarian, 1910-1983 City Skyline Oil on board 21 ¾ by 26 in, w/ frame 30 by 34 in Signed lower left Denes Holesch (Denes de Holesch) was born in 1910 in Beszterceban...

Henry Mayo Bateman English, 1887–1970 Lady at her Vanity Watercolor on paper 9 ½ by 10 ½ in. W/frame 18 ½ by 19 ½ in. Signed & dated 1904 lower on left H. M. Bateman was noted for his "The Man Who..." series of cartoons, featuring comically exaggerated reactions to minor and usually upper-class social gaffes, such as "The Man Who Lit His Cigar Before the Loyal Toast", "The Man Who Threw a Snowball at St. Moritz" and "The Boy Who Breathed on the Glass at the British Museum." He was born in the small village of Sutton Forest in New South Wales, Australia. His parents were Henry Charles Bateman and Rose Mayo. His father had left England for Australia in 1878 at the age of 21 to seek his fortune, then returned to England briefly in 1885 before going back with an English wife. Soon after Henry was born, his strong-willed mother insisted that they return to London 'and civilisation'. He had one sister, Phyllis, three years younger. Henry remained in England for the remainder of his life except for one disappointing visit to his birthplace.[citation needed] Henry was always drawing from an early age, consistently producing funny drawings...

Andrew Thomas Schwartz American, 1867-1942 Shining Hills Oil on Canvas 22 ⅜ by 29 ⅜ in, w/ frame 30 by 37 in Signed "Andrew T. Schwartz" lower left Andrew T. Schwartz was born in L...

Johannes Schiefer Dutch-American, 1896-1979 Monaco - Monte Carlo Oil on canvas 25 ¼ by 30 ⅛ in, w/ frame 33 ½ by 38 ½ in Signed lower right, titled lower left Johannes Schiefer, pa...

Charles Cobelle French, 1902-1998 Boulangerie Oil on canvas 20 by 24 in, w/ frame 26 ¾ by 31 in Signed "Cobelle" lower right Inventory Number: 01501 Born in Alsace-Lorraine, Franc...

Othmar Ruzicka Austrian, 1877-1962 Young Woman Sewing Oil on board 19 ¾ by 23 ¾ in, w/ frame 26 by 30 in Signed and dated 1913 lower left

Pal Fried Hungarian-American, 1893-1976 Mona Lisa Oil on canvas 30 X 24 in. w/ frame 37 ⅛ X 31 ⅛ in. Signed lower left Pal was born in Budapest and studied at the Hungarian Academi...

Louis Aston Knight New York/California/France, 1873-1948 River in Autumn Oil on canvas 10 ½ by 13 ¾ in, w/ frame 19 ⅜ by 22 ½ in Signed "Aston Knight" lower right In 1873, Louis As...

Yolande Ardissone French, b. 1927 The Lighthouse Oil on canvas 19 ¼ by 25 ⅛ in, w/ frame 28 ⅛ by 34 in Signed lower right Yolande Ardissone was born in Normandy in 1927, of an Ital...

Lucien Genin French, 1894-1953 View of Pont Neuf Oil on canvas 19 ¾ by 25 ¾ in, w/ frame 24 ½ by 30 ⅜ in Signed lower left Lucien Genin was born in 1894, and beginning in 1914, he ...

Jean Even French, 1910-1986 Boats in the Harbor Oil on Canvas 21 ¼ by 25 ¾ in, w/ frame 29 ¾ by 34 in Signed Even lower right

Jean Salabet French, 20th Century La Poste Jean Salabet was a School of Paris painter know for his colorful Parisian cityscapes. His work is comparable to th...

Alfred E. Wragge British, c. 1856-1937 Marshy Landscape Oil on canvas 22 by 30 in, w/ frame 30 by 38 in Signed "Alf. Wragge 1882" lower right

Frederick Almond Zimmerman American, 1886-1974 Old Colonial Oil on canvas 25 by 25 in, w/ frame 32 ½ by 32 ½ in Signed lower right Inventory Number: 01867 Landscape painter. Born ...

Attributed to Eva Gonzalès French, 1849-1883 Woman Sitting for Tea Oil on canvas 29 ½ by 40 ¼ in, w/ frame 37 by 48 in Signed lower right Eva Gonzalès was born in Paris into the fa...

Dietz Edzard German, 1893-1963 The Bar Oil on panel 27 ½ by 42 ¾ in, w/ frame 33 ¼ by 48 ½ in Signed lower right Dietz Edzard was born in Bremen in 1893 Germany. He traveled extens...

Christian Zacho Danish, 1843-1913 Deer in the Pasture Oil on canvas 16 ½ by 24 ½ in, w/ frame 25 by 32 ¾ in Signed lower right Zacho studied at the Academy of Beaux- Arts in Copenh...